On Wednesday 19th November 2025 – a coach left Liskeard with parishioners from our four churches making our fourth and final Holy Door visit celebrating the Jubilee Year of Hope.
Stopping on our pilgrimage was the Catholic Church of St Boniface, Crediton, Devon and the National Shrine of St Boniface. The church today is clearly a modern building, constructed in the late 1960s. A foundation stone in the porch was gifted by the Bishop of Fulda and blessed by the late Bishop of Plymouth, Cyril Restieaux. The Diocese of Fulda also donated relics of St Boniface – one of which is placed in the altar, while the other {a part of his vertebrae} is housed in the shrine area. Additionally, the local Anglican church contributed a stone from the medieval parish church, which has been incorporated into the baptistry.

St Boniface was born around AD 680 in Crediton, Devon. His baptismal name was Wynfrid or Wynfrith, he grew up in Crediton. He first studied at a Benedictine monastery in Exeter before moving to Nursling {Nhutscelle}, near Southampton, where he was ordained as a priest. Although he was a noted scholar and teacher, he felt the call to missionary work.

Wynfrid spent most of his life travelling extensively in Northern Europe as an apostle, re-organizing the Christian church. During these years Pope Gregory III granted him the insignia of Archbishop, and he was renamed Boniface. In 753, as he grew older, Boniface resigned from his diocese and set out once more to evangelize the Frisian tribes. In 754, near Dokkum, he and his companions were ambushed by a band of pagan warriors. Boniface was struck down, and according to tradition, he raised up a book to shield himself, which was pierced by a sword. According to his wishes, his body was taken to his Abbey at Fulda for burial, where his tomb remains a site of pilgrimage. His holiness, wisdom, and martyrdom affirmed his status as a saint.
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We then visited the Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and the Mother of Him who Hung Thereon, Crediton. Before Exeter Cathedral was built in the twelfth century, this Collegiate Church was the Cathedral for the diocese of Sherborne.
  

Below are some photos from our parish trip to Medjugorje. 

On Sundays 13th & 21st September 2025, we had the honour of Fr Cyriacus' friend from Nigeria and now in Newcastle upon Tyne, Fr Remigius, joining with Fr Cyriacus to celebrate our Masses. It was great to meet him and we wish him all the best. 

Our third Holy Door visit to Dorchester Church of the Holy Trinity & The Church of Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs, & St Ignatius
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On Wednesday 17th September 2025 – to celebrate the Jubilee Year of Hope – a coach with parishioners from the four churches in our parish visited the above churches. We were greeted and made most welcome by Fr Babu at Holy Trinity and his volunteers, who had given up their day to show us around.

Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs, & St Ignatius, Chideock and its Martyrs also made us most welcome, this was the highlight of our trip – such a beautiful church steeped in the history of these English Martyrs.
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We had time to wander around, reflect and meditate. Also, we were allowed to venerate the relics of some of these Martyrs. We were also able to see the painting by Francis H Newbery {1855-1946}, a celebrated local artist to the area, which depicts five of the Chideock Martyrs.

On Wednesday 16th July 2025, twenty-four people from Liskeard, Sclerder Abbey and Saltash, visited Buckfast Abbey for our parish picnic / teddy bear’s picnic – Pilgrim Bear Francis came along also!

We all arrived in time to attend Mass and look around the Abbey before adjourning to the picnic benches outside to have our picnic and a walk around the beautiful gardens. At 2pm we gathered around, the beautiful statue of Smiling Mary looking down at the baby Jesus in her arms, to sing and pray. We started with a prayer for peace across the world and sang “Make me a channel of thy peace” and said a decade of the rosary: The Crucifixion: we finished by singing “As I kneel before thee” and a final prayer.

​Though the clouds were grey and there was spots of muzzling rain, the weather on the whole was kind to us.

A message to All from Fr Cyriacus: 

"I want to say a BIG “THANK YOU” to everyone for my birthday celebration. It was amazing. Thank you for your gifts and the sacrifice you have put in to organizing the celebration. I sincerely appreciate them all and wish you God’s abundant blessings."

​Fr Cyriacus.

On Wednesday 14th May 2025, twenty-two people from Liskeard, Sclerder Abbey, and Saltash, visited St Mary & St Boniface Cathedral Plymouth, where we were very warmly received by the Legion of Mary. As part of our St Neot Group, Liskeard, who were doing our second open door – part of our Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee Year programme in the Diocese of Plymouth. We were given a detailed tour and talk on the history of the cathedral and then had the opportunity to have our passports stamped – Pilgrim Bear Francis had his passport stamped too!
We were able to see the Jubilee Icon by Ethiopian artist Mulugeta Araya – commissioned by CAFOD to celebrate and commemorate the Jubilee Year 2025, Pilgrims of Hope. Unfortunately, we were unable to see the National Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima, a hand craved statue blessed by Pope John Paul II in 1982, which had left on Monday for the next tour destination St George’s Cathedral, Southwark. Fortunately, 3 people from Liskeard visited the cathedral on Saturday 10th May 2025 and were able to see the statue of Our Lady of Fatima.
We then said a prayer of thanks; a prayer for the new Pope Leo XIV; the Jubilee Prayer and a Prayer for Peace and we sang ‘Make me a channel of thy peace. The Legion of Mary then led us in a decade of the ‘Glorious Mysteries’ Rosary.
We then retired to the parish room for refreshments, reflection and where we had a catch up with old acquaintances and the opportunity to make new ones.
Finally, we returned to the cathedral for the ‘Divine Mercy’ before saying our goodbyes and returning to Liskeard.
On Sunday 18th May 2025 we warmly welcomed at our 11 o/clock Mass in Liskeard the Mayor of Liskeard Christina Whitty and the Councilors of Liskeard.
On Saturday 31st May 2025 we began the society of The Legion of Mary in our Parish, 3 of our four churches were represented to form a Praesidium on the Visitation of The Blessed Virgin Mary, two members of the Legion of Mary from the Plymouth Curia, along with Fr Cyriacus joined us for our first meeting. Weekly meetings will be held every Tuesday at 11:00am.
As part of the Diocese of Plymouth, Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee Year 2025, on Sunday 1st June 2025 Fr Cyriacus from Our Lady and St Neot, Liskeard exchanged pulpits with Fr Mark Skelton from Most Holy Trinity, Newquay. Both priests were warmly welcomed by both churches.

Today we were very fortunate to have the Mayor of Liskeard, Christina Whitty and her husband Terry, along with Councillors of the Liskeard Town Council come to visit our church. We really enjoyed the chance to connect and talk with them after Sunday Mass.